Top Chef

Top Chef offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world class cookery and the restaurant business at the highe...more

Top Chef offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world class cookery and the restaurant business at the highe...more

Top Chef

TV14 • Reality, Family, Cooking & Food • TV Series • 2006

Top Chef offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. The series features seventeen aspiring chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the prestigious title of "Top Chef."

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The Fastest 2 Minutes in Cooking

“Top Chef” Kentucky begins as fifteen of the country’s finest chefs are off to the races at Churchill Downs. After a lightning fast Quickfire, the Chefs are challenged to make a dish that will appeal to a crowd of two hundred.

Episode 2

Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo

A very pregnant Gail Simmons asks the chefs to feed her cravings in a special Quickfire delivery. The Chefs head to Makers Mark, the oldest distillery in America to put their spins on a meal full of Kentucky classics

Episode 3

Naughty and Nice

The chefs are presented a white elephant Quickfire challenge. Then, the Chefs receive an unexpected gift as Michelin starred super Chef Eric Ripert sits down with them to celebrate an elaborate traditional French Chrismas dinner.

Episode 4

Surprise… it’s Restaurant Wars

In a massive twist, Padma’s favorite challenge Restaurant Wars comes early this year, but before the chefs gear up for battle, they must first duke it out in an amuse bouche-based Quickfire for Top Chef alum turned James Beard Award winning chefs.

Episode 5

Restaurant Wars Part 2

The mayhem and drama continues of the biggest Restaurant Wars in the history of “Top Chef.” Tom’s announcement of a double elimination piles on even more pressure.

Episode 6

Roaring Munchies

The chefs walk in on an epic battle of Last Chance Kitchen and are drafted into the fight. Once Tom declares a winner, the chefs immediately begin a challenge making dishes based on Prohibition Era cocktails.

Episode 7

Carne!

Super-chef Nancy Silverton brings her internationally renowned friend, butcher Dario Cecchini to break down a whole cow for the chefs to utilize along with locally-sourced Kentucky ingredients.

Episode 8

Whatever Floats Your Boat

With more shoreline than Florida, Kentucky is a hotbed for houseboats. Mega-chef Emeril Lagasse joins Padma, Tom and Nilou along with Captains Sandy and Lee from Below Deck for some houseboat hysteria.

Episode 9

Music City USA

The chefs take a roadtrip to Nashville and have the honor of cooking on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for country music sensation Hunter Hayes. Then they cook for Caleb Followill, model Lily Aldridge, and Chef Jonathan Waxman.

Episode 10

Hoop Dreams

Kentucky based Top Chef alum Ed Lee drops by for a Quickfire that’s part trivia, part culinary creativity. Then, the Chefs head to Rupp Arena where legendary basketball Coach John Calipari and the UK Wildcats host a concession stand cook-off.

Episode 11

The Greatest

Top Chef can’t go to Kentucky without taking a turn at fried chicken. After the finger licking goodness, the Chefs turn their attention to another Kentucky legend, the Louisville Lip, boxer and philanthropist Muhammad Ali.

Episode 12

Kentucky Farewell

All season the chefs have been growing gardens at their Kentucky estate. Tom challenges them to make a dish focused on their garden harvest. Then, the chefs head to Keeneland to bid on luxury ingredients for dishes to show gratitude to their mentors.

Episode 13

Holy Macau!

The final five chefs travel to the Chinese territory of Macau for the remaining battles of the competition.

Episode 14

The Tao of Macau

The day has come when the final four chefs must cook with the world's smelliest fruit durian. This infamous fruit is a delicacy in Macau.

Episode 15

Finale

It’s the final showdown and the top three chefs must create the best four course meal of their lives. And if the pressure isn't already high enough, Tom reveals in a twisted turn of events only two chefs will get the chance to serve their full menu.

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